EP2170690B1 - Pédale de vélo - Google Patents

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EP2170690B1
EP2170690B1 EP08784335.5A EP08784335A EP2170690B1 EP 2170690 B1 EP2170690 B1 EP 2170690B1 EP 08784335 A EP08784335 A EP 08784335A EP 2170690 B1 EP2170690 B1 EP 2170690B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M3/00—Construction of cranks operated by hand or foot
    • B62M3/08—Pedals
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T74/2164—Cranks and pedals
    • Y10T74/2168—Pedals

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  • the invention relates to a bicycle pedal as used in particular in BMX (Bicycle MotoCross) wheels or mountain bikes.
  • these BMX pedals are larger, more robust and made of metal (aluminum, magnesium). Through these materials, a weight reduction to about 320 g / pedal pair is achieved.
  • the pedals on the footboard have a grip ( DE 42 03 777 A1 . US 66 47 826 B2 ) or are fitted with exchangeable steel pins on more expensive models.
  • the pedals are mounted on the pedal axle with BB ball bearings, on high quality models with durable SB ball bearings.
  • Characteristic of the storage is that the pedals have a support body in which the storage is made and the tread plates are fitted on or in this support body.
  • a disadvantage of these embodiments is that the mass of the support body is only limited reduced because of their support function for the bearings and thus the weight reduction of the pedals are set limits.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve a further reduction in weight of the pedals and thereby perform the pedals flat. This object is achieved with the features of claim 1, advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • a bicycle pedal especially for BMX bicycles, consisting of a full-surface tread and a full-surface counter-plate, which are identical, so that depending on the position of the pedal, the tread plate may also be counter-plate and vice versa, between the tread plate and the counter-plate a distance between the tread plate and the counter plate guaranteed spacer body is arranged, the spacer body has a bore for receiving a bearing unit for the pedal axle, wherein the remaining material web (a) between the bore and the outer surface of the spacer body in the region of tread and back plate against Zero is, so that the power transmission from the tread plate is almost directly on the bearing unit, and the connection of tread and back plate by at least two connecting elements, each arranged on both sides of the bearing unit is made, and the fasteners fixing the storage guaranteed beauty and the spacer body between the tread and back plate on the outer periphery has a coating that also covers the outer narrow peripheral surfaces of the tread and back plate and thus protects.
  • Going to zero here means that the height of the spacer is almost equal to or equal to the diameter of the bore for the bearing unit.
  • the spacer body is only the task, the To make tread and back plate connectable at a distance and to ensure a fixation of the bearing bush or a bearing in the pedal plane, ie parallel to the tread and back plate.
  • the spacer body itself can be part of the camp by having storage properties.
  • spacer which is formed of a solid material in the region of the bore for the pedal axle and the arrangement of the connecting elements of tread and back plate, and otherwise of webs which fix a peripheral edge between tread and back plate.
  • plastics including fiber-reinforced, or wood layers have proven. As tests have shown, even polystyrene is sufficient as a material for the spacer.
  • Stainless steel, aluminum, magnesium or titanium or other lightweight high-strength materials, including composites or a combination thereof, are preferably used as the material for the tread plate or counterplate.
  • BMX wheels are known to be exposed to high loads and the pedal also slightly hits the side of an obstacle once, has the spacer body a laterally encircling the spacer body coating, which also covers the outer narrow peripheral surfaces of the tread and back plate.
  • such an expiring coating can simultaneously serve as an advertising space.
  • a preferred embodiment provides that in one section of the bore the spacer body has an opening which can be covered by the tread plate and counter plate, so that the inserted bearing unit can be fixed here by means of snap ring or clip.
  • Such an embodiment may also consist in that the bore for the bearing bush or sleeve has at least one annular groove-like enlarged portion and the bearing bush or sleeve has at least one groove-like depression, such that a snap ring or clip engaging in the groove-like recess simultaneously in the groove-like enlarged portion engages and thus a displacement of the pedal body is prevented on the pedal axle.
  • the ringnutartig enlarged portion of the bore for the bearing bush penetrates the outer surface of the spacer body in the region of the material web (a), so that in this resulting opening of the snap ring or clip can be used.
  • At least one of the interconnected treadmill and Counter plate acts on the snap ring or clip, so that it is fixed without play in the connection bearing bush / bearing sleeve spacers.
  • Fig. 1 shows in an Exposedar ein the basic structure of an embodiment with a bearing unit 6 consisting of a bearing bush 17 for the inner and the outer bearing 7, 8th
  • tread and back plate 1, 2 are the same, so that both can serve as a tread plate 1 and each other then represents the counter-plate 2.
  • the tread and back plate 1, 2 are connected to each other by means of a screw connection, including the spacer body 3.
  • the screw connection consists of two screw 9 each on both sides of the bore 5 for the bearing bush 17 and in the immediate vicinity of the bore 5.
  • In the holes for the illustrated countersunk screws 9 each have a threaded bushing is arranged, in which the glands 9 engage on both sides.
  • the remaining material web (a) between the bore 5 and the outer surface of the spacer body 3 in the region of tread and back plate 1, 2 is minimal, so that the power transmission from the tread plate 1 takes place almost directly on the bearing bush 17.
  • the pedal axle 4 is supported in the bearing bush 17 by means of two bearings, the inner bearing 7 and the outer bearing 8.
  • the outer bearing 8 is a ball bearing and the inner bearing 7 is a sliding bearing.
  • the pedal axle 4 tapers between the inner bearing 7 designed as a plain bearing and the ball bearing of the outer bearing 8.
  • the bore 5 has a ringnutartig enlarged section 11 and the bearing bush 17 has a groove-like depression 10, such that a engaging in the groove-like depression 10 snap ring or clip 12 engages simultaneously in the groove-like enlarged portion 11 and thus a displacement of the pedal body on the Pedal axle 4 is prevented.
  • the annular groove-like enlarged portion 11 of the bore 5 for the bushing 17 penetrates the outer surface of the spacer body 3 in the region of the material web (a), so that in this resulting opening 19 of the snap ring or clip 12 can be inserted.
  • the opening 19 also in addition be enlarged.
  • the spacer body 3 has cavities 13, 14 removed from the bore 5. Its outer shape is preferably formed romboid.
  • the outer coating 16 is guided over the narrow peripheral surface of the tread and the backing plate 1, 2 and protects them with.
  • Fig. 2 shows a pedal on the pedal shaft 4 with spacers 3 with bearing sleeve 18 and tread and back plate 1, 2.
  • the outer narrow peripheral surfaces of the tread and the back plate 1, 2 are embedded in the spacer body 3.
  • the bearing unit 6 consists here of two sliding mating between the pedal axle 4 and the pushed over the pedal shaft 4 bearing sleeve 18, wherein the bearing sleeve 18 is inserted and fixed in the bore 5.
  • the pedal axle 4 tapers between the inner bearing and the outer bearing (in each case sliding pairings with the bearing sleeve 18.
  • the spacer body 3 has an opening 19 which can be covered by the tread plate and counterplate 1, 2, in a section of the bore 5, so that the inserted bearing unit 6 can be fixed here by means of a snap ring or clip 12.
  • a ringnutartig enlarged section 11 was introduced and the bearing sleeve 18 is provided with a groove-like depression 10, such that the engaging in the groove-like depression 10 snap ring or clip 12 engages simultaneously in the groove-like enlarged portion 11 and thus a displacement of the Pedal body on the pedal axle 4 prevented.
  • the bearing sleeve 18 itself is secured at the outer end by a snap ring 20 against displacement on the pedal axle 4.
  • At least one of the interconnected tread or back plate 1, 2 acts on the snap ring or clip 12, so that the snap ring or clip 12 is fixed without play in the connection bearing bushing 17 - spacer 3 or bearing sleeve 18 - spacer body 3.
  • the bearing sleeve 18 is formed from the bore 5 in the spacer body 3, wherein two pairs of bearings between the pedal shaft 4 and the inner wall of the bore 5 are made.
  • the pedal axle 4 is rotatably fixed in the spacer body 3, whereby again the already described clip connection is used.
  • the spacer body 3 has a bore 5 for receiving a bearing unit 6 for the pedal axle 4, wherein the remaining material web (a) between the bore 5 and the outer surface of the spacer body 3 in the region of tread and backing plate 1, 2 approaches zero, so that the power transmission from the tread plate 1 takes place almost directly on the bearing unit 6.
  • the connection of tread and counter-plate 1, 2 is made by connecting elements 9, respectively arranged on both sides of the bearing unit 6.
  • a screw is used of countersunk screws 9, each in pairs from both sides in a threaded bush, arranged in holes in the spacer body 3, intervene, application.

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  1. Pédale de vélo, composée
    - d'une plaque d'appui pleine et d'une plaque opposée pleine (1, 2) qui sont de constitution identique de sorte que, en fonction de la position de la pédale, la plaque d'appui (1) peut être également la plaque opposée (2) et inversement,
    - entre la plaque d'appui (1) et la plaque opposée (2), il est disposé un corps d'écartement (3) garantissant la distance entre la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2),
    - le corps d'écartement (3) présente un alésage (5) destiné à recevoir une unité de palier (6) pour l'axe de pédale (4), la nervure matérielle (a) restante entre l'alésage (5) et la face extérieure du corps d'écartement (3) tendant vers zéro dans la zone de la plaque d'appui et de la plaque opposée (1, 2) de telle sorte que la transmission de force à partir de la plaque d'appui (1) s'effectue quasiment directement sur l'unité de palier (6),
    - la liaison de la plaque d'appui et de la plaque opposée (1, 2) est réalisée par au moins deux éléments de liaison (9), respectivement disposés de part et d'autre de l'unité de palier (6), qui garantissent les fixations de l'unité de palier (6), et caractérisée en ce que
    - le corps d'écartement (3) entre la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2) présente sur la circonférence extérieure un revêtement (16) qui couvre, et protège ainsi, également les faces circonférentielles étroites extérieures de la plaque d'appui et de la plaque opposée (1, 2).
  2. Pédale de vélo selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que
    le corps d'écartement (3) est formé d'un matériau plein dans la zone de l'alésage (5) et de l'agencement des éléments de liaison (9), et sinon de nervures qui fixent un bord rotatif (15) entre la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2).
  3. Pédale de vélo selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que le corps d'écartement (3) est constitué de couches de bois stratifiées.
  4. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le corps d'écartement (3) présente une forme rhomboïdale.
  5. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que
    le corps d'écartement (3) présente, à distance de l'alésage (5), une ou plusieurs cavités (13, 14), et en ce que des moyens publicitaires visibles de l'extérieur sont introduits dans les ouvertures des cavités (13, 14) et/ou en ce que le bord rotatif (15) et/ou le revêtement (16) et/ou le corps d'écartement (3) présentent des impressions publicitaires dirigées vers l'extérieur.
  6. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que
    l'unité de palier (6) se compose de deux paliers (7, 8) disposés sur l'axe de pédale, dont un palier (7) ou (8) repose dans un coussinet (17), le coussinet (17) étant introduit et fixé dans l'alésage (5), tandis que l'autre palier (8) ou (7) repose directement dans l'alésage (5).
  7. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que
    l'unité de palier (6) se compose d'un appariement glissant entre l'axe de pédale (4) et une douille de palier (18) poussée sur l'axe de pédale (4), la douille de palier (18) étant introduite et fixée dans l'alésage (5), et d'un palier (7) ou (8) qui repose dans l'alésage (5).
  8. Pédale de vélo selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisée en ce que
    le palier intérieur (7) disposé le plus près du cadre de vélo est fixé sur l'axe de pédale (4) dans le coussinet (17) ou dans la douille de palier (18), tandis que le palier extérieur (8) est disposé à l'intérieur du corps d'écartement (3) et est fixé par l'assemblage entre la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2).
  9. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que
    l'axe de pédale (4) se rétrécit entre le palier intérieur (7) et le palier extérieur (8).
  10. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisée en ce que
    le corps d'écartement (3) présente, dans un tronçon de l'alésage (5), un orifice (19) pouvant être masqué par la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2) de sorte que l'unité de palier (6) introduite peut être fixée dans l'orifice (19) au moyen d'un circlip ou d'une agrafe (12).
  11. Pédale de vélo selon la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce que
    l'alésage (5) présente au moins un tronçon (11) agrandi à la façon d'une gorge de retenue, et en ce que le coussinet (17) ou la douille de palier (18) possède au moins un creux (10) de type rainure de telle sorte qu'un circlip (12) ou clip engrenant dans le creux (10) de type rainure engrène simultanément dans le tronçon (11) agrandi à la façon d'une rainure, et qu'ainsi un déplacement du corps de pédale sur l'axe de pédale (4) est empêché.
  12. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 10 ou 11, caractérisée en ce
    qu'au moins une plaque parmi la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2) raccordées entre elles agit sur le circlip ou clip (12) de telle sorte que le circlip ou clip (12) est fixé sans jeu dans la liaison coussinet (17) - corps d'écartement (3) ou douille de palier (18) - corps d'écartement (3).
  13. Pédale de vélo selon une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisée en ce que
    la plaque d'appui et la plaque opposée (1, 2) sont réalisées en acier spécial, ou en magnésium ou en aluminium ou en titane ou dans un matériau composite ou dans une combinaison de ces matériaux.
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